The happiest hour in the week: Memory Dance and Dance Movement Therapy for elderly people living with dementia

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The happiest hour in the week : Memory Dance and Dance Movement Therapy for elderly people living with dementia. / Winther, Helle.

Dance On!: Dancing Through Life. red. / Stephanie Burridge; Charlotte Svendler Nielsen. London : Routledge, 2023. s. 216-225.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Winther, H 2023, The happiest hour in the week: Memory Dance and Dance Movement Therapy for elderly people living with dementia. i S Burridge & C Svendler Nielsen (red), Dance On!: Dancing Through Life. Routledge, London, s. 216-225. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003307624-32

APA

Winther, H. (2023). The happiest hour in the week: Memory Dance and Dance Movement Therapy for elderly people living with dementia. I S. Burridge, & C. Svendler Nielsen (red.), Dance On!: Dancing Through Life (s. 216-225). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003307624-32

Vancouver

Winther H. The happiest hour in the week: Memory Dance and Dance Movement Therapy for elderly people living with dementia. I Burridge S, Svendler Nielsen C, red., Dance On!: Dancing Through Life. London: Routledge. 2023. s. 216-225 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003307624-32

Author

Winther, Helle. / The happiest hour in the week : Memory Dance and Dance Movement Therapy for elderly people living with dementia. Dance On!: Dancing Through Life. red. / Stephanie Burridge ; Charlotte Svendler Nielsen. London : Routledge, 2023. s. 216-225

Bibtex

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